A numeric sequence of ai is ordered if a1 < a2 < … < aN. Let the subsequence of the given numeric sequence (a1, a2, …, aN) be any sequence (ai1, ai2, …, aiK), w...
DescriptionBackground Everybody hates Raymond. He’s the largest stamp collector on planet earth and because of that he always makes fun of all the others at ...
Problem Description FJ is surveying his herd to find the most average cow. He wants to know how much milk this ‘median’ cow gives: half of the cows give as mu...
Computing the exact number of ways that N things can be taken M at a time can be a great challenge when N and/or M become very large. Challenges are the stuff o...
One of the first users of BIT’s new supercomputer was Chip Diller. He extended his exploration of powers of 3 to go from 0 to 333 and he explored taking various...
Problem Description Farmer John made a profit last year! He would like to invest it well but wonders how much money he will make. He knows the interest rate R...
A common typing error is to place the hands on the keyboard one row to the right of the correct position. So “Q” is typed as “W” and “J” is typed as “K” and so ...
Problem Description Larry graduated this year and finally has a job. He’s making a lot of money, but somehow never seems to have enough. Larry has decided tha...
